Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.
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Bible References
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Jeremiah 2:28 But where are your gods you made for yourself?
Let them rise up and save you
in your time of disaster if they can,
for your gods are as numerous as your cities, Judah.
Let them rise up and save you
in your time of disaster if they can,
for your gods are as numerous as your cities, Judah.
Jeremiah 3:1 If a man divorces his wife
and she leaves him to marry another,
can he ever return to her?
Wouldn’t such a land become totally defiled?
But you!
You have played the prostitute with many partners—
can you return to Me?
This is the Lord’s declaration.
and she leaves him to marry another,
can he ever return to her?
Wouldn’t such a land
But you!
You have played the prostitute with many partners
can you return to Me?
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Deuteronomy 32:16 They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods;
they enraged Him with detestable practices.
they enraged Him with detestable practices.
2 Kings 23:4
Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second rank and the doorkeepers to bring out of the Lord’s temple all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and the whole heavenly host. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.
Isaiah 2:8 Their land is full of idols;
they bow down to the work of their hands,
to what their fingers have made.
they bow down to the work of their hands,
to what their fingers have made.
Hosea 12:11 Since Gilead is full of evil,
they will certainly come to nothing.
They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal;
even their altars will be like heaps of rocks
on the furrows of a field.
they will certainly come to nothing.
They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal;
even their altars will be like heaps of rocks
on the furrows of a field.
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Jeremiah 19:5
They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, something I have never commanded or mentioned; I never entertained the thought.
Jeremiah 32:35
They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I had not commanded them. I had never entertained the thought that they do this detestable act causing Judah to sin!
2 Kings 21:4
He built altars in the Lord’s temple, where the Lord had said, “Jerusalem is where I will put My name.”
General references
Jeremiah 3:24 From the time of our youth
the shameful one has consumed
what our fathers have worked for—
their flocks and their herds,
their sons and their daughters.
the shameful one
what our fathers have worked for—
their flocks and their herds,
their sons and their daughters.